As Chinese Regime Ramps Up Cyberattacks, Experts Call for Quad Nations to Close Gaps in Counterespionage Strategy

The United States, India, Japan, and Australia are key targets for the CCP’s hacking efforts, but gaps impede effective counterespionage, analysts say.

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The Chinese regime’s cyberespionage campaign will likely become more sophisticated in targeting key adversaries in 2025, particularly the United States, experts have warned. The situation calls for collaborative counteroperations among Quad alliance partners—the United States, India, Japan, and Australia. These nations are targeted by Beijing, but several gaps currently impede their collective efforts, analysts said.

In the past several weeks, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) hackers have been in the headlines.